Printing & Ink Color Disclaimers

Decoration Tolerance:

Due to physically sewn variances in blank garments and styles, your printed design may have a tolerance of 0.5" compared to your final approved proofs, in any direction. Prints within that range will not be considered misprinted.

Ink Color Variance:

Due to differences in digital computer monitors, how ink colors are displayed on your proofs and how they are physically printed will not be a perfect match. Physically printed ink colors may differ by up to one shade.

We have a set list of house ink colors that we use. Each ink color within our house list will have a specific Pantone code. We will list the exact Pantone code from our house ink colors that we will use to print your design, on your proof. During the proofing process, our graphic artists will match your artwork's ink colors to the closest ink color from our house Pantone list. Because we are matching your colors in your design to our house list, there may be shade differences.

We do not custom match colors from your design to other specific Pantone ink codes that are not found in our house list.

Underbase:

In screenprinting, underbases are a vital quality improvement for dark garments, as they act as a primer that the actual ink color is laid on top of. This improves vibrancy, contrast and overall quality.

We only underbase dark garments, not light. As a result, there may be ink color shade differences for the same ink color when printed on a dark garment vs light.

If you order both dark and light garments with the same design and would like the ink colors to look the exact same, please ensure they are ordered together as part of the same order to ensure the same underbased print process is applied to both. If both garment colors contain the same SKU* and are part of the same order, we will underbase the light garment as well.

A SKU is a unique five digit code (for example "UP-SP-12345") found in the upper right hand corner of your proofs.

Print Distortion:

Some prints may appear to be stretched or distorted prior to washing them for the first time. This is generally due to the fact that temporary tack/glue is used to adhere the garments to the machine during printing. When the shirts are pulled off the glued boards, they may stretch slightly. This is more common on youth and ladies sized garments and stretchy and/or thin materials. That distortion should disappear once garments are washed.

Orders with Multiple Blank Garment Material Types:

Print quality may differ from one garment to another due to the effect inks have on different material types. Within an order you might see differences in print color and texture as well as the appearance of pinholes and gaps in the print due to running one job on multiple materials.